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I’m in the middle of the brew right now and just thought I’d update. After all my tests and calibration the ph is now spot on. BF said it should be 5.59 and I was exactly 5.59. Thanks for all the help guys. Really glad I got it dialed in.

Oh wow. Thank you so much. Wasn't expecting that much info. Super helpful to see all that. I'm still dialing in this new setup. Trying to figure out my exact grain absorption and what my pre-boil needs to be to hit my batch size perfect but I'll be sure to stick in that range. Thanks.

Yeah definitely. I got a small graduated cylinder just like that. It gets delivered today. Gonna brew Sunday if the snow holds off and see if my problem are fixed.

Hey Doug I have another question for you after all this and some experiments. So in my equipment profile for this dunk spare should I just set and equation for the sparse water to always be 40% of my pre-boil volume? This obviously makes my sparge thicker with bigger beers and not as effective...

3917 +5 gal Epic Day Clone (first attempt :oops:) = 3922

Oh ok. That‘s good to know.

Well I had the day free yesterday and spent a good 6 hours running all kinds of test on my equipment since I’ve also been having some efficiency issues. I did discover some things related to my ph issues that should help. 1. Brewfather had my lactic acid as 80% instead of 88% 2. My first couple...

You know that had crossed my mind. I’m just using cheap o amazon pipette. I’ve got the day off today and planning to do several experiments with my equipment since I’m getting bad efficiency lately. Included will be ph meter calibration a now I’ll also check my pipette.

I measure 10min into the mash. I’ve both cooled and not cooled. I am using like .1 grams of sodium metabisulfite depending on how much strike water I use. Brewfather doesn’t change whether I input that or not.

I’m using 88% lactic too. I’ve got the powdered test packets so I will double check the meter today. I’ve got some strips too, which I know are considered not trust worthy, but they always read low too. I am also having some efficiently problems too so I’ve got some things to figure out.

Hi. I am having a problem with my ph always coming out low. I am very new to water adjustments. The only thing I am doing currently is Sodium Metabisulphite for chlorine and lactic acid to lower ph. I’ve got pretty good water so just starting small. I started both these changes at the same time...

Oh sh!t good catch. Sorry about that.

3429 + 5gal Zombie Dust Clone= 3433

When making a DIY counterflow chiller the rubber washer falls out of the garden hose and bounces under the car. You're in the middle of coiling this whole contraption around a jug so you think "I'll get that in a moment". Two days later when you brew and use your new DIY project you can't figure...

Doesn’t surprise me. Talking to my friends and coworkers, none of which brew, everyone seems to just want hops that get you drunk. I have a friend who told me once he doesn’t ever buy beer below 6%. Thinks it’s a waste of money. He loves drinking craft beer but has 0 knowledge of style and how...

2816 + 5gal Hoppy Wheat =2821

I guess I’ll just let it ride then. At around 4% I’ll just get to drink more. The funny thing is I have a more expensive clone kit I need to brew, but since I was trying a new sparge method, a new chiller, and a new dry hop method I had decided to brew just a cheapo recipe of mine that is in the...

I just brewed and came out .010 low. According to the math I got 50% efficiency when I normally get around 75%. I tried a new sparge method for one and also I let my LHBS mill my grains which I normally don’t do but was in a hurry. I noticed him messing with his mill before hand and adjusting...

Made a diy CFC. Forgot to get a photo and it’s in the basement now. So excited to get the IC out of my kettle and stop wasting so much water. Also tapped my beer with Douglas Fir tips. :bigmug:

Just tapped this. So freaking excited for how it turned out. I used whirflok and it was still super murky and had particulate in the hydrometer at kegging. A lot of it fell out in the keg it seams but still cloudy. Doesn’t bother me. Taste wise it came out amazing. The hops are there but don’t...